Revolving cake and fruit stand



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J. C. KOCH. REVOLVING CAKE AND FRUIT STAND.

No. 248,781. Patented July 5,1881.

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RBVOLVING CAKE AND FRUIT STAND. No. 248,781. Patented Ju1y 5,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. KOCH, OF BERLIN, PRUSSIA, GERMANY.

'REVOLVING CAKE AND FRUIT STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,781, datediJuly 5,1881.

Application filed June 6, 1881.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN C. Koen, a citizen of the United States,residing in Berlin, in the Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Revolving Cake andFruit Stands, and the following is adescription of the same.

Revolving stands have been Iliade for store show-windows, &c., and thesehave been constructed with a standard and arms or disks for holding` thegoods, which standard has been connected with the actuating clock-workmechanism for imparting rotation to the parts.

My improvement consists in an ornamental revolving` stand for fruit,&c., with two or more dishes or plates, each of which is provided with acentral tubular standard, which surrounds a vertical shaft, and thisshaft is revolved by clock-work mechanism contained in a casel whichforms the base of the stand. I prefer to make this base or caseornamental by placing gures at the corners and by paneling the sides,and I place within this case musical mechanism the same as employed inmusic-boxes, and the whole is surmounted with a vase for holdingiiowers.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical section of my improvedfruit-stand. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan of the case, and Fig. 3 is anelevation of tne fruit-stand complete.

a b c are the dishes or plates. To the center of each dish a tubularstandard, d, is securely connected. The same rises above the dish, butdoes not extend below the same. Hence the dish, when separated from theother parts, may stand on a table, and it may bev iilled with fruit,cake, or other desired articles, and the central tube also becomes ahandle by which it may be lifted.

The vertical shaft c has a bearing at j' on the bottom of the case g,and is held and guided by the top of the case and bracket-arm h on theside plate of the actuating mechanism z'. The dishes or plates areplaced upon the vertical shaft c successively, the said shaft passingthrough the central tube or standards, and the tube of one dish supportsthe next dish above.

The actuating mechanism is provided with a spring barrel-gearing and flysimilar to clock- (No model.)

work, and does not require particular description.

The shaft e is driven by the actuating mechanism i through the pinion kand wheel l, and the revolution imparted to it causes the dishes a I) cand their contents to revolve also.

The casey Ihave shown as octagonal in shape, but other shapes may beused; and at m in said case I have shown the barrel with projecting pinsthat act upon the steel tongues cf the music-box which is introducedinto the base and serves to make the ornamental stand more attractive.This music-barrel may be driven by the same spring as the revolvingstand, a movable connecting-wheel being employed to slop and start themusic without interfering with the revolution of the stand.

I prefer to surmount the shaft c, above the upper dish, with anornamental vase, p, holding flowers.

I have shown in Fig. 3 the fruit-stand and vase in theI proportions andornamental form that is preferable for general use.

I claim as my inventionl. The dishes or plates a b c, each formed with atubular central standard rising above the dish and permanently connectedtherewith, in combination with the vertical shaft passing through suchtubular standards, the hollow base, and the mechanism for revolving theshaft and dishes, as set forth.

2. The dishes a l) c, each having a tubular standard attached to it andrising above it, in combination with the vertical shaft, mechanism forrevolving the shaft, a hollow base containing the mechanism, and a vasescrewed upon the top of thevertical shaft, as set forth.

3. The ornamental stand having dishes and tubular standards supportedupon a revolving shaft, a hollow base with mechanism for revolving theshaft, and a music barrel and tongues within the base, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN O. KOCH.

Witnesses BANcRoET C.Dnv1s, BERTI-TOLD Bor.

